borrow mine

I've never been a huge fan of Bebo Norman... even when one of my friends claimed she was going to marry him (they have since married other people ) and even though some of his songs are easy sing-a-longs I just never ached to listen to a Bebo song.

But... never say never... I stumbled upon his song, Borrow Mine and then read an explanation from his blog on http://www.myspace.com/bebonorman and I wanted to share it with all credit going his way...

"i’m excited about this one though, because this song is really important to me. not too long ago, a dear friend of mine was in a pretty dark place in her life. another close friend of ours asked her if she had faith that God was somehow in the middle of her struggle…if she had faith that God would somehow bring her through it. her answer was very honest, very broken, and very simple…she just said, “no. i wish that i did, but i don’t seem to have the faith to believe that right now.” our friend replied to her, “borrow mine. borrow my faith, because i’m willing to be with you in the middle of this, and I am certain that our God is to.” my friend just found an incredible amount of strength and courage in that response. and i thought it was such a beautiful picture of the body of Christ…a real life picture of our command from our God to “carry each other’s burdens and in this way fulfill the law of Chirst” (Galatians 6:2). the song was not a hard one to write after that."

I think we all experience times when we could use a chance to "borrow" from a friend... or maybe we come to a point when our faith is strong enough to be borrowed. Thank you Bebo... and Bebo's friends for letting us know it's okay to borrow.

“borrow mine”
Bebo Norman

Take my hand
And walk with me awhile
Because it seems your smile
Has left you

And don't give in
When you fall apart
And your broken heart
Has failed you

I'll set a light up
On a hilltop
To show you my love
For this world to see

You can borrow mine
When your hope is gone
You can borrow mine
When you can't go on
Cause the world will not defeat you
When we're side by side
When your faith is hard to find
You can borrow mine
You can borrow mine

And take my love
When all that you can see
Is the raging sea
All around us

And don't give up
Cause I'm not letting go
And the God we know
Will not fail us

We'll lay it all down
As we call out
Sweet Savior
Help our unbelief

You can borrow mine
When your hope is gone
Borrow mine
When you can't go on
Cause the world will not defeat you
When we're side by side
When your faith is hard to find
You can borrow mine

When you are weak
Unable to speak
You are not alone
God of us, save us
And never forsake us
He's coming to take us
Take us to our home

You can borrow mine
When your hope is gone
Borrow mine
When you can't go on
Cause the world will not defeat you
When we're side by side
When your faith is hard to find
When your faith is hard to find
You can borrow mine
You can borrow mine

Take my hand
Take my love
Don't give in, no
And don't give up